At Fountain and Clark dining halls, non-meal plan holders now have a way to save money.

The frequent buyer card program has been launched specifically for non-meal plan holders during breakfast and lunch hours only, according to Jennifer Gilmore, University Dining marking and communications manager.

According to Gilmore, the frequent buyer card is intended to entice non-meal plan holders to eat at the dining halls.

“N.C. State has a reputation for having really affordable meal plans compared to a lot of other institutions, but we wanted to do something to reward and encourage non-meal plan holders, those who may not have a need to eat more than five or six meals per week on campus, as well as faculty and staff for which we do not have a meal plan option,” Gilmore said. 

Using the frequent buyer card will end up with approximately a dollar off of each meal purchased, according to Gilmore.

“With the card, they can purchase seven meals, then get a free meal,” Gilmore said. “It can be combined with the AllCampus discount of 25 cents at breakfast and 50 cents at lunch, making it even more affordable.”

According to Gilmore, there have been large improvements in the dining halls recently.

“We have made significant improvements at our dining halls in recent years, so I would encourage anyone who has not visited one in the past year or two to come check it out,” Gilmore said.  “We have a wrap bar and weekly specialty bars, plus we just made some improvements to our grill burger that has been very positive.  We have a grind-your-own peanut butter machine at Fountain, and just a lot of good offerings on the bar.  Anyone interested in organic foods will love our Wednesday salad bar, too.”